The Karamazov Brothers
Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.
2,512-word summary · 11 min read
classics + philosophy
17 books tagged both “classics” and “philosophy”.
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The Name of the Rose
Friar William and Adso investigate 1327 abbey deaths amid library labyrinth.
2,580-word summary · 11 min read
The Prince
Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.
2,204-word summary · 10 min read
The Trial
Josef K. is arrested one morning on an unknown charge and pulled into an endless court he can never leave.
2,318-word summary · 10 min read
War and Peace
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
2,536-word summary · 11 min read
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Bounty hunter Rick Deckard retires escaped androids in ruined San Francisco while doubting what empathy still means.
2,841-word summary · 13 min read
The Screwtape Letters
A senior devil advises his nephew Wormwood on tempting an ordinary Englishman away from faith and attention.
2,489-word summary · 11 min read
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Surgeon Tomas loves Tereza yet keeps mistresses, while artist Sabina and professor Franz test freedom around the 1968 Soviet invasion of Prague.
2,427-word summary · 11 min read
The Art of War
Sun Tzu's thirteen chapters on winning without fighting: laying plans, knowing ground, using spies, and why the best victory costs least, in the classic Giles…
2,029-word summary · 9 min read
Interview with the Vampire
Louis tells a reporter how Lestat made him and how Claudia doomed them all in New Orleans and Paris.
2,195-word summary · 10 min read
Siddhartha
A Brahmin son leaves home to find peace beyond teachers and rules.
1,933-word summary · 9 min read
Crime and Punishment
Raskolnikov kills a pawnbroker to prove he is beyond morals, then unravels under Porfiry and Sonya.
3,206-word summary · 14 min read